Book Review - Made in Our Image: God, Artificial Intelligence and You by Stephen Driscoll

Stephen Driscoll offers a timely and balanced guide to the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence, helping Christian leaders think clearly about a topic that often prompts either anxiety or uncritical enthusiasm. Rather than being swept along by hype or fear, he invites us to reflect on AI through the lens of what it means to be people made in God’s image, and what it means for us to create machines increasingly “made in our image”.

His central framework is simple and refreshing. Driscoll suggests that we understand AI best through the biblical storyline of creation, sin, cross and new creation. It is within this larger narrative that we find our bearings and are reminded that our hope is not tied to technological progress or decline, but to the work of Christ. As he puts it, Christians should be the best at coping with radical technological change because we long for the even greater change God is bringing.

Encouragingly short, the book ranges widely. Driscoll begins with a clear overview of what AI is and why it matters, before exploring how emerging technologies raise fresh questions about identity, purpose and what it means to be human. This leads into a thoughtful examination of how human brokenness both shapes and is exposed by the technologies we build. From there he draws the reader back to the cross, reflecting on power, vulnerability and redemption, before lifting our eyes to the hope and community promised in the new creation.

The final chapter is especially practical, highlighting pastoral and ethical challenges that AI poses and offering helpful questions for wise Christian engagement, giving brilliant and timely advice and wisdom on how we might ask good questions and critically engage well with new technology. 

This is an encouraging book that reminds us  that as followers of Jesus we have something distinctive to contribute to this conversation. By valuing people, community and human dignity, we can model a better way of approaching technology. I'd recommend it to anyone seeking clarity and confidence as they think about AI in the years ahead.

December 2025 Lead On Review by The Rev Daniel Washbrook, Rector of St Andrews Kinson